Today is the fourth day that the Xuantian Sect and the two men besieged Mount Tai. Li Yan was surprised to find that the Hengshan Sect's momentum changed from its previous dejection and despair, and actually broke out with an astonishing fighting spirit.
Even today, when Li Yan and Qian Xiaoxiao attacked together, they almost broke through the mountain gate. Fortunately, in the end, the saint's martial arts was so strong that she blocked the group of Hengshan disciples who were not afraid of life and death, and managed to hold on.
Today's narrow defeat not only did not dampen the morale of the Hengshan faction, this counterattack actually revived the morale of the Hengshan faction.
Under the vigorous propaganda of the leader Hu Qianzhong, everyone believed that Zhengdao's reinforcements were on the way, and as long as they persisted until the end, they would be saved.
After a day of hard fighting, Hu Qianzhong returned to the hall with a smile on his face, accompanied by two elders.
"Morale is available."
As soon as Hu Qianzhong entered the hall, he suppressed the joy on his face and said calmly: "What do the two elders think?"
Elder Wei was covered in blood. He casually wiped the blood on his face and said briskly: "The master's strategy is indeed effective. Now that the morale of the sect is at its peak, the Xuantian Sect's two men will soon be unable to hold on."
Elder Feng heard the conversation between the two and opened his mouth, but could not say anything. He just sighed and stood in the corner a little lonely.
Both Elder Wei and Hu Qianzhong knew that standing firm and waiting for help was just a joke. What they had to do was to use the renewed hope of morale to break through again.
Obviously, with the obstruction of the two masters of Xuantian Sect, it is impossible for all members to evacuate Mount Tai. According to Hu Qianzhong's estimation, at least half of the disciples will be detained.
Abandoning one's son to preserve one's power, breaking one's arm to survive - this strategy was certainly cruel, but it was the only way that Hu Qianzhong could think of to save the Hengshan Sect.
Either all members must die, or half of them must be abandoned so that the remaining people can escape. Only in this way can Hengshan Mountain avoid following the footsteps of Beiyue and Dongyue, and only in this way can the Hengshan Sect be able to continue to exist.
Elder Feng also knew that this was a hopeless solution. He couldn't bear it, so he chose to acquiesce. In his heart, he had already planned to die in battle on Mount Tai along with the abandoned disciples.
On the other side, the relaxed look on Elder Wei's face flashed away, and he reminded: "Master, keep in mind the principles of the predecessors, make great efforts in one go, then fail again, and then be exhausted three times."
Hu Qiandian nodded and said: "I understand, today is just a test, the victory or defeat will be tomorrow. Two elders, I am afraid that you will have to work hard today to keep vigil to guard against the sword demon's sneak attack and ruin my plan."
"Don't worry, Master. The two of us are here, and we will never let that guy hurt another Hengshan disciple." Elder Wei spoke decisively, and then withdrew together with Elder Feng.
Hu Qianzhong was the only one left in the empty hall again. After a tiring day, he quickly leaned on his chair and fell into a deep sleep. There were many Hengshan disciples patrolling around the hall, and they were not afraid of the Sword Demon daring to sneak attack.
As time passed, the crescent moon appeared on the branches. Hu Qianzhong woke up from his deep sleep. It was already dark. He was hungry. After eating some dry food, he walked out of the hall and planned to inspire his disciples again.
When he walked outside the hall, he saw more than ten Hengshan disciples who were supposed to be patrolling near the main hall. They were gathering together and talking about something. Seeing him coming, several people stepped forward to salute.
Hu Qianzhong saw that several people looked very ugly and couldn't help but frowned and said: "What's going on? Didn't I tell you that reinforcements will arrive soon. As long as we hold on until the end, it will be fine. Why do you have to look so embarrassed?"
, I have been through ups and downs in Hengshan for so many years, could this little predicament scare you?"
Hu Qianzhong's rebuke did not make several people's expressions improve. One of them raised his head and stared at him. After a while, he suddenly bowed his hands and asked in a low voice: "Please tell the truth, master. The righteous sects will really come."
Rescue?”
The word "will" was on the tip of Hu Qianzhong's tongue, but looking at the desperate eyes of several people, he couldn't say it out.
His silence made several people show sudden expressions, and the man laughed miserably: "Sure enough, the leader and the elders are all lying to us, right?"
This person spoke firmly and had obviously seen through all this. In this case, Hu Qianzhong simply stopped pretending and said bluntly: "Yes, the reinforcements are just nonsense made by me, just to make you fight.
Come in spirit."
The man smiled bitterly and said: "In this case, the ten days mentioned by the leader is probably the longest time we can hold on, right?"
Seeing that this person had seen through everything and Hu Qianzhong also hid it, he said coldly: "You are right, they are all fake. Now that we are working so hard, we will not be able to survive even five days, not to mention ten days."
After listening to this, several people's faces turned pale, and their eyes full of despair made Hu Qianzhong take a deep breath. He said in a deep voice: "You and I are not casual acquaintances. We were together back then."
Beginner, I won’t hide what happened today from you. Now that the junior brothers know the truth, do you have any thoughts?”
Several people looked at each other, and then the person stood up and asked: "May I ask the head brother, what if we plan to inform the other brothers about this?"
Hu Qianzhong said coldly: "Then the relationship between our sect ends today. Even if you violate the sect's rules and fall into endless hell after death, I will kill you."
A person on the side asked dullly: "Brother, why do you have to do this?"
"For the continuation of the Hengshan sect," Hu Qianzhong said decisively: "Tomorrow is the last day. About half of the people will be left to die so that the other half can escape."
After hearing this, another person's face turned red and asked angrily: "Brother, head master! Are you so cold-blooded that you want half of your fellow brothers to die!"
Hu Qianzhong shouted angrily: "Do you think we are playing house? If we all die here, the Hengshan Sect will be completely finished! I am not afraid to tell you, even if only one person escapes tomorrow, I will be willing, because then the Hengshan Sect will be
There is still hope!”
Several people were silent. Hu Qianzhong's hand had already touched the Muyu Sword at his waist. He was mentally prepared. If they couldn't figure it out, he would immediately kill off their relatives.
But what he didn't expect was that at the end, these indignant junior brothers suddenly fell into a strange silence. Finally, one person stood up and said: "Brother Hu, in fact, when you took the position of leader, I was the leader.
Not convinced."
Hearing this, Hu Qianzhong was stunned, and then heard the man continue: "If it were me today, and I would let half of my brothers die, just to gamble on the possibility of escape - I would not be able to make this determination."
Hu Qianzhong said coldly: "That's what I did. Now you can loudly scold me for being cold-blooded and ruthless."
That was what he said, but Hu Qianzhong did not expect that after hearing this, the man actually bowed to him, and the others also bowed deeply.
The man said: "Senior Brother Hu, we are willing to die tomorrow to fight for a glimmer of life for the other brothers."
"You guys." Hu Qianzhong was stunned. He looked at the sincere and decisive eyes of the people in front of him, and suddenly a strange feeling surged in his heart. It was something he had never experienced before.
My heart is surging with passion.
The man looked at Hu Qianzhong's stunned expression and suddenly smiled and said: "Senior Brother Hu, even now I still have to say that I don't like you as the leader at all, but I also have to say that you
It is indeed the most suitable to be the leader."
After that, the man clasped his hands and bowed to the end, and several other people did the same thing. After that, they returned to their posts while talking and laughing, as if what they were going to face tomorrow was not something they were going to face tomorrow.
Fight to the death, but go on an outing.
Hu Qianzhong returned to the main hall alone. I sat on the futon in the center of the hall. My closed eyes opened again. It seemed that this was the first time since he took office as the head of Hengshan that someone looked at him like that.
Unlike when he took over the position of head of the sect, everyone just obeyed the orders mechanically. This time, several junior disciples solemnly entrusted the sect's responsibilities to his hands. At this moment, he seemed to be able to feel himself
changes in the body.
It was a feeling of being placed in the hope of others, watched by others, and heartily supported by others. It had been more than a year since he took the position of leader, and it was only at this moment that Hu Qianzhong truly felt like he had become the leader of Hengshan.
He looked at the Mu Yu Sword in his hand, and suddenly remembered what happened to his master before his death. His eyes suddenly turned red, and an uncontrollable smile came from his mouth. At the same time, tears flowed down from the corners of his eyes unconsciously.
Hu Qianzhong held the Muyu Sword in his arms and cried and laughed in the hall. He didn't know how long it took. He got up from the futon, straightened his appearance, put the Muyu Sword respectfully in front of him, and bowed three times.
Kowtow.
"Master, please rest assured. This disciple will definitely bring the Hengshan Sect out of this desperate situation. In the future, I, the Hengshan Sect, will definitely be among the top sects in the world!"
After making the oath, Hu Qianzhong slowly raised his head. At that moment, a gleam of brilliance bloomed on the clear sword of Muyu Sword. He seemed to see the master in flowing white clothes appearing in a trance.
Hu Qianzhong blinked again, and Taoist Master Tianfeng's figure shattered like a dream, replaced by a sword light with murderous intent.
The woman with white hair and red eyes fell from the beam. The strong wind extinguished the lights in the palace. The sword energy was like a prison. The chilling brilliance swept over with the sad moonlight. The sword was like a rainbow, and it penetrated her chest in just a moment.